$200 of Stripper's Pole!

At DBJ Corporation I just purchased $200 of stipper's pole supplies! Wow, that is a) one shitload of moola (Phew, thank gawk for art grants) and b) well, actually a very, VERY serious pole. I don't mess around, and being on top of a roof rack on top of a beetle I wanted as little rickety as possible about it. So I spected it out, two inch is the proper diameter for a pole, and eight feet seemed like enough to really act like a pole. But what makes it really nice, and ah, expensive is the flange, the wide base you screw the pole into and then bolt down to a flat surface. I asked them how big of a flange I would need to make a very sturdy pole that was only mounted at the bottom and had people dancing on it. About a twelve inch diameter is what they said I would need for the expected weight. It is seriously heavy, costs a hundred and twenty dollars, and reeks of structural integrity. This baby ain't going nowhere. It is nothing close to flopper, no it is hard, firm and stiff. Really, if you are going to do it, do it right, but I was not prepared for how... tough the whole rigged felt. I mean, there are eight mounting holes on the flange, but they have three quarter inch holes in them. You can't even get three quarter inch bolts at Home Depot! I had to get them there at DBJ, the whole thing just says fuck off, I own you. And perhaps I should have noticed this before, but it suddenly occurred to me that I would be driving around Transformus with a giant cock coming out of the top of my car.

Keeping it lit,
PyroCelt

PS I promised Tom, the gentleman I worked with at DBJ, that I would email him pictures of the completed project. I must remember to do that.